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In different jolt to the Trinamool Congress, its 3rd Rajya Sabha member, Prakash Chik Barik, resigned from the Upper House and besides from the enactment organisation connected Thursday (June 11, 2026).
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Mr. Barik, who was besides a Minister successful the Cabinet of erstwhile Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, submitted his resignation missive to the Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) morning. However, helium did not specify immoderate crushed down the decision.
The 46-year-old person from Alipurduar was elected successful the Upper House connected August 19, 2023. His tenure was apt to beryllium implicit connected August 18, 2029. Mr. Barik had besides contested the Lok Sabha predetermination successful 2024 from Alipurduar (ST) constituency but yet mislaid to BJP’s Manoj Tigga.
“People person fixed a wide mandate. People person favoured the BJP implicit TMC. Our party’s effect was not adjacent bully successful bluish Bengal. I person resigned successful presumption of the people’s mandate. I person not spoken to Mamata Banerjee arsenic of now. But I person resigned from some the Rajya Sabha and the enactment organisation. I volition enactment arsenic per CM Suvendu Adhikari’s instructions successful the future. I volition enactment for the development,” said Mr. Barik portion sitting astatine the authoritative residence of BJP MP from Jharkhand’s Godda, Nishikant Dubey, successful Delhi’s Safdarjang aft the resignation.
Earlier, 2 different MPs, Sushmita Dev and Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, resigned on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) and Monday (June 8, 2026), respectively. They had besides resigned from the enactment organisation.
With Mr. Baraik’s resignation, the party’s spot successful the Rajya Sabha is acceptable to autumn to 10 MPs from the full 13.
The situation besides unfolded astatine a clip erstwhile speculation continued that astatine slightest 20 MPs representing the enactment successful the Lower House, led by Kakali Ghosh Dastidar and Shatabdi Roy, besides submitted a missive to the Speaker Om Birla, claiming the designation of a abstracted bloc that volition enactment the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led by the BJP.
Meanwhile, the enactment is besides facing different rebellion successful its Assembly squad led by the expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee, who has claimed the enactment of 60 of the party’s 80 MLAs, who person seemingly projected his sanction arsenic the Leader of Opposition successful Bengal alternatively of Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay.
